Schools across the country have been reeling from state funding cuts sparked by the recession, and things are no different in Ohio. And in Yellow Springs, where school income tax receipts are forecasted to drop 30 percent this year, school leaders are grappling with ways to address the shortfall.

Growing up in the farming community of Arcanum, Ohio, almost five decades ago, Doris Arnett Whitaker was surrounded by strong, church-going women who passed on to her their highest aspirations for a young girl: if she worked hard, she could grow up to be a nurse, a teacher, or a minister’s wife.

Whitaker took that advice seriously, although she’s given it a significant twist. She’s not the minister’s wife. She’s the minister.

Miller runs at regionals Ninth-grader Lois Miller was the lone runner from Yellow Springs to compete in the Div. regional cross-country meet in Troy on Saturday, Oct. 31. In a field of 126 high school girls, Miller finished 56th in 21:46.67, with an average of 7:00.6 per mile. Boys soccer falls at districts The Yellow […]